We are hearing from members of the National Symphony Orchestra who are outraged at nhaving to accompany a concert by Killer Mike & The Mighty Midnight Revival. The official blurb reads: A never-before-seen concert experience! […]
The festival, which lost all of its staff six months ago, has named Jack Bazalgette as artistic director from 2o25. Bazalgette is a Hackney-based conductor who has worked as chorusmaster with the Prague Symphony Orchestra […]
This weekend saw record online sales for the 2024 Proms. The following concerts were the hottest tickets: First Night of the Proms conducted by Elim Chan (19 July), Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (20 […]
The Italian festival director remembers better times with a fallen friend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Plácido Domingo (@placido_domingo) The post Bartoli celebrates Domingo appeared first on Slippedisc.
From our roving critic Susan Hall: Chloé van Soeterstède, French-born founder of London’s Arch Symphonia and principal guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, made her New York debut at Lincoln Center. A mentee of […]
Further to our report in cracks in the Voices Foundation, which helps improve singing in schools, we now understand from the charity’s annual report that it is to be shut down. At the end of […]
The SWR has chosen Jonas Gira as principal horn and Raquel Perez-Juana as principal oboe. Jonas is a local lad. Raquel is a Spanish graduate of the Barenboim-Said academy. The orchestra’s chief conductor is the […]
Stage in the small hall of the Concertgebouw, with a capacity of just 450, the concert reveals great intensity on the paty of the audience and musicians alike. They played works by Debussy and Ben-Haim. […]
While state-funded opera companies are being strangled by Arts Cancel England, the private sector is thriving in country houses across the south of England. Today, the irrepressible Wasfi Kani announced a Ring cycle to be […]
We hear that CEO Manvinder Rattan left the music education charity last week and a statement is expected shortly on the VF’s future. The charity’s accounts show it overspent its £430,000 annual revenue by £53,000. […]
